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MELSEC
3 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
3.4 Operating Environment
The following table shows the operating environment for the CC-Link board.
Item Description
CPU
Required
memory
IBM-PC/AT-compatible personal computer with one or more PCI bus slots, satisfying the
specifications described below in "Applicable operating system and the corresponding
required PC performance"
1, 2, 3
.
Personal
computer
PCI bus
specifications
5V DC, 32-bit bus, Basic clock: 33MHz
Operating system
4, 5
Microsoft
R
Windows
R
95 Operating System (English version)
Microsoft
R
Windows
R
98 Operating System (English version)
Microsoft
R
Windows NT
R
Workstation Operating System Version 4.0 (English version)
6, 7
Microsoft
R
Windows
R
2000 Professional Operating System (English version)
6
Microsoft
R
Windows
R
XP Professional Operating System (English version)
6
Display
Resolution: 800 600 dot or higher (Recommended: 1024 768 dot)
8
Available hard disk space 15MB or more
Disk drive (required when
installing the driver)
3.5 inch (1.44MB) floppy disk drive
Programming
language
9, 10, 11
Microsoft
R
Visual Basic
R
5.0 (English version), Microsoft
R
Visual Basic
R
6.0 (English version),
Microsoft
R
Visual C++
R
5.0 (English version), Microsoft
R
Visual C++
R
6.0 (English version)
1: This product does not work with a multiprocessor IBM-PC/AT-compatible personal computer, as the driver is
incompatible.
2: Hyper-Threading technology is unavailable as the driver does not support it.
When operating Windows
R
XP Professional, disable the Hyper-Threading technology on the BIOS setting screen of
PC.
When operating Windows
R
2000 Professional, disable the Hyper-Threading technology on the BIOS setting screen of
PC and then reinstall the operating system.
(For BIOS setting screen, read the manual of the PC used or confirm with the PC manufacturer.)
3: PC supporting PCI bus data parity error detection function
This board is incompatible with personal computers that detect the PCI bus data parity errors. For use of such a PC,
set the PCI bus data parity error detection function to OFF. Or, use a PC that does not have the function.
For whether the parity error detection function is provided or not and how to set it off, please contact the PC
manufacturer.
4: This board does not support the Standby (Hibernate) mode of the operating system.
The Standby (Hibernate) mode may be preset to some personal computers so that it will be activated by pressing the
Power switch or by the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply system) setting.
For Windows
R
2000 Professional, select [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [Power Options] and disable the standby mode
setting.
5: When exiting the operating system, always shut down the computer.
6: Installation, uninstallation and usage of utilities are available only by the administrator’s authority.
7: Service Pack3 or higher is required when using Windows NT
R
Workstation 4.0.
8: This product does not comply with large-sized fonts when Windows
R
2000 Professional or Windows
R
XP Professional
is used.
9: User programs created in the English environment work only in the English environment.
10: Use Visual Basic
R
6.0 or Visual C++
R
6.0 when using Windows
R
2000 Professional or Windows
R
XP Professional.
(Visual Basic
R
5.0 and Visual C++
R
5.0 cannot be used.)
11: This product is not compatible with Microsoft
R
Visual Basic
R
NET or Microsoft
R
Visual C++
R
.NET.